Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick was born in Chicago in 1928. While attending UC at Berkeley,
he dropped out rather than take ROTC training. He went on to write some 36
novels and 5 short story collections. He won the 1962 Hugo for The Man in the High Castle
and the 1974 John W. Campbell Award for Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said.
He died of heart failure caused by a stroke in 1982.

Philip K. Dick is a definitive master of the short story format. His ability to create a cohesive future world and society by
having his characters perform common tasks in these worlds without resorting to long explanations and expository dialogue is second
to none. Total Recall is a recent collection of twenty-five of Dick's best short stories.

Released as a tie-in for the Colin Farrell film, fans of the film looking for a novelization of the movie will be sorely
disappointed, but hopefully overjoyed by the gems they will find inside instead.

The book does contain "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale," the short story that the original Total Recall was based on, that
served as the jumping off point for the 2012 film.

"There's Your Appointment Will Be Yesterday," which eventually evolved into the hit novel The Counter-Clock World,
and "Faith of Our Fathers," the story that dealt with Communism, drugs, sex, and God which Dick claims offended
everybody. The highly controversial anti-abortion story "The Pre-Persons" is included and well as previously unreleased
tales like the anthropomorphic "Cadbury, The Beaver Who Lacked" and the creepy "The Eye of the Sybil."

If you've ever enjoyed Bladerunner, Screamers, or A Scanner Darkly, this is definitely an anthology
book to pick up. It will introduce new readers to one of the genre's best writers and, if you're already a fan, it will
remind you why you are and give you a few new stories to boot.

Science fiction enthusiast David Maddox has been Star Trek
characters, the Riddler in a Batman stunt show and holds a degree
in Cinema from San Francisco State University. He has written
several articles for various SF sites as well as the
Star Wars Insider and the Star Trek
Communicator. He spends his time working on screenplays
and stories while acting on stage, screen and television. He
can sometimes be seen giving tours at Universal Studios Hollywood
and playing Norman Bates.